1.   I prefer to use my personal cards because they have bonus programs and more attractive rates.

2.   The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash.

3.   And some card companies are raising interest rates and fees and cutting back on bonus programs.

4.   And TriNet, an outsourcing firm with offices in eight cities, including Boston, has altered its basic bonus program to reduce expenses.

5.   Even those popular airline bonus programs are not immune.

6.   Fortunately, that inequity can be avoided by linking bonus programs to student improvement, rather than to performance.

7.   If something goes wrong, doctors might never be able to escape the nagging doubt that the bonus program was to blame.

8.   In favor are bonus programs that reward profit-making and individual on-the-job performance.

9.   Martin Nathan, a Houston attorney who represented Nationwide, said the bonus program was common in phone solicitation businesses.

10.   Ten million francs in conditional capital will be used for a management bonus program.